Sport Administration Classes

Graduate students in our program take a variety of classes specifically designed to
help them be successful in the sport industry. View the Sport Administration Curriculum
or read about each course below:

Sport Leadership: In sport, you can be just another a worker, a manager, or a sport leader. Sport Leadership
is designed to teach students the difference between these types of positions and
how to develop the essential skills to lead, manage, & supervise others in the sport
industry.

Sport Law: Sport Law prepares sport managers and leaders for the primary legal issues that they
will face during their sport careers. Student then learn how to develop a risk management
plan to minimize those risks. Sample topics include: sport contracts, negligence,
intellectual property (copyright and trademark law), etc.

Sport Career Development: Sport Career Development is the most anticipated course in the entire program. Here
students learn how to break into the sport industry. First, all students undergo a
career analysis to determine their current market value. Next, students learn how
to build a their very own personal brand to differentiate themselves from others in
the sport industry; develop essential networking skills and meet a minimum of 50 new
sport network contacts in their chosen sport profession. Finally, students create
a guerrilla marketing resume to stand out from the competition and develop a strategic
sport career plan, i.e., a blueprint, on how to achieve their career goals.

Sport Revenue Streams: The ability to generate revenue is one of the most sought after skills by sport employers.
In Sport Revenue Streams, students learn about the various revenue streams of sport
organizations, such as media (TV, radio, & internet), ticket sales, sponsorships,
and fundraising. By knowing how revenue drives decisions made by sport organizations,
students not only will have a better understanding of how and why sport teams operate
as they do, but they will be better prepared to become a future sport administrator.

Title IX Compliance: Examination of the issues and principles related to Title IX compliance as they apply
to interscholastic and intercollegiate athletics

Professional Ethics: In Professional Ethics, students tackle some of the most talked about topics in sport
and the most pressing issues they will face as managers and leaders. Students learn
how to make effective decisions and are then presented with real-life sport industry
issues and hypothetical situations to hone their decision-making skills.

Sport Internship: There is no substitute for experience in sport. Our students are allowed to take
2 internships and are encouraged to volunteer for as many other sport experiences
as possible in order to build a resume packed full of sport industry experience. Students
may choose any approved sport internship site (professional or amateur). Students
are supervised by both Fresno State faculty and the onsite sport organization supervisor.

Statistical Inference in Kinesiology: Statistical Interence in Kinesiology is an essential course for all graduate programs
and plays a key role in many sport careers. For example, sabermetrics, made famous
in the movie "Money Ball," is quickly becoming the norm in scouting and analyzing
players. In this course, students learn how to use and analyze statistics in their
careers.

Research Methods: Knowing where to find reliable sport information and how to research, test, and report
it is critical in the sport workplace. In Research Methods, students learn how to
evaluate outside research as well as how to create their own research projects.

Electives: In addition to these courses, students select 1-2 additional elective courses to
gain more knowledge in their chosen career area. For example, with the assistance
of the Sport Administration Program Coordinator, students may choose a second sport
internship, and/or classes in business, marketing, finance, etc. No matter what your
career goal in sport is, you can choose courses that are beneficial to you.

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